How acute and reversible are the cardiovascular risks of secondhand smoke?

BMJ

Volumn 328, Issue 7446, 2004, Pages 980-983

  Pechacek, Terry F ^a   Babb, Stephen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AIR; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATERING SERVICE; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR SYSTEM; LUNG CANCER; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NOTE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOGENESIS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WORKPLACE; ACUTE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 1942500204     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7446.980     Document Type: Article

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